They Were Angry When It Happened in China, Then the U.S. and Now Japan. African Social Media Users Fume Over Their Diplomats’ Refusal to Bring Pen and Paper to Meetings

@AriyoAristotle‘s apparent frustration over the image of Nigerian diplomats attending a meeting with their Japanese counterparts in Tokyo and not bringing along any kind of notetaking materials is nothing new.

https://twitter.com/AriyoAristotle/status/1194356764797493248

Kenyans similarly fumed when President Uhuru Kenyatta’s team met with Donald Trump at the White House and also didn’t bring along any pens, paper or computers. 

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